De inspiratione sacrae Scripturae: theologica disquisitio

Louis Billot

De inspiratione sacrae Scripturae: theologica disquisitio

Louis Billot (1846–1931)

First published 1906

Louis Billot's theological treatise on the inspiration of Sacred Scripture, in the second edition (Rome, 1906). The edition prints the full treatise with its prooemium, two parts, index and approbation. The separately titled De immutabilitate traditionis (1907), bound after it, is excluded.

Titlepage I: Title Page

DE INSPIRATIONE SACRAE SCRIPTURAE THEOLOGICA DISQUISITIO

BY

LOUIS BILLOT, S. J.

IN THE PONTIFICAL GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY

PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY

SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED AND CORRECTED

ROME

FROM THE PRESS OF THE YOUNG WORKMEN OF ST. JOSEPH

M DCCCC VI

Prooemium I: Proem

Pars I: Part One — On the Inspiration of Sacred Scripture

Introductio I: Introduction

Capitulum I: Chapter One. — Where the Dogmatic Notion of Inspiration Is Declared.

Sectio I: § 1. — That All and Each of the Books of Scripture Are to Be Held Sacred and Canonical

Sectio II: § 2. — That God Is the Author of the Books of the New and Old Testament

Sectio III: § 3. — That It Could Be Understood in Two Ways That Scripture Was Written under the Dictation of the Holy Spirit

Capitulum II: Chapter Two. — Where the Notion of Inspiration Is Further Elaborated.

Sectio I: § 1. — That the Reception of Knowledge of the Things to Be Written Is Indeed among the Prerequisites to Inspiration

Sectio II: § 2. — That Inspiration Formally Consists in a Motion of the Intellect and Will

Sectio III: § 3. — Where Certain Conclusions Flowing from the Notion of Inspiration Elucidated Thus Far Are Explained.

Pars II: Part Two — On the Things That Follow upon Inspiration

Introductio I: Introduction

Capitulum I: Chapter One. — On the Spiritual Sense of Sacred Scripture.

Sectio I: § 1. — The Quiddity and Existence of the Spiritual Sense.

Sectio II: § 2. — Conclusions against the Broad School of Biblical Scholars.

Capitulum II: Chapter Two. — On the Intention of Scripture, Terminated of Itself upon Matters of Faith and Morals.

Sectio I: § 1. — What Should Be Understood by the Name of Matters of Faith and Morals Pertaining to the Edification of Christian Doctrine.

Sectio II: § 2. The Most Grievous Error of Biblical Scholars in This Matter.

Capitulum III: Chapter Three. — On the Inerrancy of Sacred Scripture.

Status I: State of the Question

Sectio I: § 1. — The Reasons of Those Who Admitted Errors in the Bible.

Sectio II: § 2. — Confutation.

Sectio III: § 3. — The Encyclical Providentissimus Deus.

Capitulum IV: Chapter Four. — On the Literary Forms of Sacred Scripture.

Status I: State of the Question

Sectio I: § 1. — An Ingenious Invention for Reconciling the Inerrancy of Scripture with the Material Falsity of Its Assertions.

Sectio II: § 2. — Confutation of the System, First as Regards Its General Principles.

Capitulum V: Chapter Five. — On the Interpretation of Sacred Scripture.

Sectio I: § 1. — On the Legitimate Sense of the Tridentine Decree concerning the Use and Interpretation of the Sacred Books.

Sectio II: § 2. — On the Things That Follow from This Decree.

Sectio III: § 3. — Epilogue.

Index I: Index

Approbatio I: Approbation of the Work

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